Hi

I need to do some stripping, and she needs it done quick. Well I got
the stripper in (strypit with methylene chloride) but as well as
removing the water based gloss, it also strippped the original sprayed
on coating on the metalwork - and thats not really acceptable. Wasnt
satisfied with my unsophisticated technique. I need to remove the water
gloss but leave the original metal appliance coating intact.

I aint not got much clue how to do that, presumably something less
powerful. But what??

I'll try white spirit and olbas oil tomorrow am, but what'll work? Any
ideas? Got to get this done fairly quickly, they dont like painted
boilers apparently.

I'll try to get back to this puter 2morrow too


ty, NT

bigcat@meeow.co.uk wrote:

> I need to do some stripping, and she needs it done quick. Well I got
> the stripper in (strypit with methylene chloride) but as well as
> removing the water based gloss, it also strippped the original sprayed
> on coating on the metalwork - and thats not really acceptable. Wasnt
> satisfied with my unsophisticated technique. I need to remove the water
> gloss but leave the original metal appliance coating intact.


Hm, difficult.



> I aint not got much clue how to do that, presumably something less
> powerful. But what??


Try soaking a cloth in meths, and putting that flat on the casing,
covered with plastic and taped down. Leave it for a while (don't
let it dry out) and see whether it scrubs off with more meths on
a cheap plastic scourer (non-abrasive).



> I'll try white spirit and olbas oil tomorrow am, but what'll work? Any
> ideas? Got to get this done fairly quickly, they dont like painted
> boilers apparently.


Who is "they", and why not? There's paint on it now (mostly!),
isn't there?

bigcat@meeow.co.uk wrote:

> Hi
> 
> I need to do some stripping, and she needs it done quick. Well I got
> the stripper in (strypit with methylene chloride) but as well as
> removing the water based gloss, it also strippped the original sprayed
> on coating on the metalwork - and thats not really acceptable. Wasnt
> satisfied with my unsophisticated technique. I need to remove the water
> gloss but leave the original metal appliance coating intact.
> 
> I aint not got much clue how to do that, presumably something less
> powerful. But what??
> 
> I'll try white spirit and olbas oil tomorrow am, but what'll work? Any
> ideas? Got to get this done fairly quickly, they dont like painted
> boilers apparently.
> 
> I'll try to get back to this puter 2morrow too
> 
> 
> ty, NT
> 


I'm not aware of anything that selectively strips water based paint. 
Swarfega maybe?

In article <2kBVe.12571$Y06.1515@newsfe2-win.ntli.net>, 
stuart_nobleNOSPAM@ntlworld.com says...

> bigcat@meeow.co.uk wrote:
> > Hi
> > 
> > I need to do some stripping, and she needs it done quick. Well I got
> > the stripper in (strypit with methylene chloride) but as well as
> > removing the water based gloss, it also strippped the original sprayed
> > on coating on the metalwork - and thats not really acceptable. Wasnt
> > satisfied with my unsophisticated technique. I need to remove the water
> > gloss but leave the original metal appliance coating intact.
> > 
> > I aint not got much clue how to do that, presumably something less
> > powerful. But what??
> > 
> > I'll try white spirit and olbas oil tomorrow am, but what'll work? Any
> > ideas? Got to get this done fairly quickly, they dont like painted
> > boilers apparently.
> > 
> > I'll try to get back to this puter 2morrow too
> > 
> 
> I'm not aware of anything that selectively strips water based paint. 
> Swarfega maybe?
> 

Soda blasting?

bigcat@meeow.co.uk wrote:

> Hi
> 
> I need to do some stripping, and she needs it done quick. Well I got
> the stripper in (strypit with methylene chloride) but as well as


Always employ a professional, if you don't know how to do it.
Just look in the yellow pages under strippers :)

Rob Morley wrote:

> In article <2kBVe.12571$Y06.1515@newsfe2-win.ntli.net>, 
> stuart_nobleNOSPAM@ntlworld.com says...
> 
>>bigcat@meeow.co.uk wrote:
>>
>>>Hi
>>>
>>>I need to do some stripping, and she needs it done quick. Well I got
>>>the stripper in (strypit with methylene chloride) but as well as
>>>removing the water based gloss, it also strippped the original sprayed
>>>on coating on the metalwork - and thats not really acceptable. Wasnt
>>>satisfied with my unsophisticated technique. I need to remove the water
>>>gloss but leave the original metal appliance coating intact.
>>>
>>>I aint not got much clue how to do that, presumably something less
>>>powerful. But what??
>>>
>>>I'll try white spirit and olbas oil tomorrow am, but what'll work? Any
>>>ideas? Got to get this done fairly quickly, they dont like painted
>>>boilers apparently.
>>>
>>>I'll try to get back to this puter 2morrow too
>>>
>>
>>I'm not aware of anything that selectively strips water based paint. 
>>Swarfega maybe?
>>
> 
> Soda blasting?


Alkalis are effective on oil based paints, but don't touch acrylics